| Synopsis: The first feature film directed by Jean-Luc Godard and one of the seminal films of the French New Wave, Breathless is story of the love between Michel Poiccard, a small-time hood wanted for killing a cop, and Patricia Franchini, an American who sells the International Herald Tribune along the boulevards of Paris. Their relationship develops as Michel hides out from a dragnet. Breathless uses the famous techniques of the French New Wave: location shooting, improvised dialogue, and a loose narrative ... Full Synopsis Breathless [Criterion Collection] [2 Discs] DVD Features  Disc One: New, restored high-definition digital transfer, approved by director of photography Raoul Coutard Archival interviews with director Jean-Luc Godard and actors Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, and Jean-Pierre Melville French theatrical trailer New and improved English subtitle translation Disc Two: New video interviews with Coutard, assistant director Pierre Rissient and filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker New video essays: Filmmaker Mark Rappaport's Jean Seberg and critic Jonathan Rosenbaum's "Breathless" as Criticism Chambre 12, Hôtel de Suède, an eighty-minute French documentary about the making of Breathless, with members of the cast and crew Charlotte et son Jules, a 1959 short film by Godard, starring Belmondo Breathless [Criterion Collection] [2 Discs] [Blu-ray] DVD Features Archival Interviews with Director Jean-Luc Godard and Actors Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, and Jean-Pierre Melville Video Interviews with Coutard, Assistant Director Pierre Rissient, and Filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker Two Video Essays: Filmmaker Mark Rappaport's Jean Seberg and Critic Jonathan Rosenbaum's "Breathless" as Criticism Chambre 12, Hôtel de Suède, an eighty-minute French Documentary about the making of Breathless, with members of the Cast and Crew Charlotte et son Jules, a 1959 short film by Godard featuring Belmondo French Theatrical Trailer Plus: A Booklet feauturing an Essay by Scholar Dudley Andrew, Writings by Godard, François Truffaut's original treatment, and Godard's Scenario | |
